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Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad)

1902 establishments in Illinois1926 establishments in Illinois1951 disestablishments in Illinois1957 disestablishments in IllinoisDefunct Chicago "L" stations
Demolished railway stations in the United StatesRailway stations closed in 1957Railway stations in the United States closed in 1951Railway stations in the United States opened in 1902Railway stations in the United States opened in 1926Use American English from February 2023Use mdy dates from February 2023

Bellwood was a station on the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E) serving Bellwood, Illinois, from 1902 to 1957. An adjacent station, serving the Westchester branch, existed for rapid transit purposes on the Chicago "L" between 1926 and 1951. Bellwood was one of the original stations of the Aurora, Elgin, and Chicago Railroad (AE&C) when it opened in 1902. In 1906, a branch to Mount Carmel Cemetery opened from Bellwood. The Westchester branch, originally conceived as a bypass route for the CA&E, opened in 1926 and replaced the Mount Carmel branch for passenger service. Bellwood served as the dividing line between local service provided by the CA&E and that provided by the "L"; it was the westernmost station where eastbound boarding was prohibited onto CA&E trains, as well as the westernmost station where passengers having boarded from Chicago stations were not allowed to alight.

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Bellwood station (Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad)
Bellwood Avenue, Proviso Township

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60104 Proviso Township
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